AGENDA   
*Amended - Item 12.1 added 12/08/00

REGULAR MEETING - BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Monday, December 11, 2000 
Public Session -  5:00 PM
Closed Session - 5:30 PM
Mill School District Administrative Office - 411 Sycamore Avenue
Public Session - 7:00 PM
Mill Valley Middle School - 425 Sycamore Avenue
Mill Valley

1. CALL TO ORDER - 5:00 PM
2. BOARD RETREAT
   1. Committee assignments for 2001.  Discussion
3. PUBLIC COMMENT - Opportunity for public to comment on Closed Session item.
4. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION - 5:30 PM
   1. Conference with labor negotiators Barbara Young, Len Gensburg and Elizabeth Spencer, pursuant to Gov. Code section 54957.6.
5. RECONVENE & REPORT OUT - 7:00 PM
6. ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
   1. Election of President by Board of Trustees. (Young)  Action
   2. Election of Vice-President and Clerk.  Action
   3. Election of Trustee Representative to Marin County School Boards Association.  Action
   4. Affirmation of Board of 2000-2001 Meeting Schedule.  Action
   5. Confirm committee assignments for 2001.  Action
7. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Action
8. SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
   1. Superintendent's Award  (Young) Presentation
9. COMMUNICATIONS TO GOVERNING BOARD
   1. Public comment on any item of interest to the public that is within the Board's jurisdiction will be heard.  The Board cannot take action on items presented during this time.  The Board requests that each speaker identify him/herself prior to addressing the Board.  Public comment will also be allowed on each specific item prior to Board action thereon.
   2. Superintendent's Report
   3. Staff Reports
   4. Board Reports
10. MINUTES
    1. Minutes of Regular Meeting of November 27, 2000.  Action
11. BUSINESS & FISCAL SERVICES
    1. Fiscal & Crisis Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) Report overview.  (Young) Discussion
    2. Res. #10-00/01: Positive Certification of Adequate Funding: 2000-01 First Interim Report, as of October 31, 2000. (Frost) Information/Action
    3. 2000-01 Budget Revision No. 1. (Frost) Action
    4. Public Notice of CSEA - Ch. 360 Initial Proposal for 2000-01 negotiations.  Discussion
    5. Public Notice of Mill Valley School District Initial Proposal for 2000-01 negotiations with CSEA - Ch. 360.  Discussion
    6. Board Adoption of Mill Valley School District Initial Proposal for 2000-01 negotiations with CSEA-Ch. 360.  Action
12. CURRICULUM & POLICY MATTERS
    1. Approval of Tamalpais Valley Site Plan. (Tanguay) Action*
    2. 2000-2001 Calendar: continuing discussion of major holiday dates. (Young) Discussion/Action
13. PERSONNEL - all items require Action
    1. Employment Agreement with Laurie Harden as Chief Business Official, from January 1, 2001-June 30, 2003. (Young)
    2. Certificated resignations, effective December 29, 2000: Leslie Armbruster (Speech) and Laurie Smith (MS-6th). (Young)
    3. .4 certificated leave for Elena Garton (TV-4th), effective January 2, 2001.
    4. Temporary certificated employment, effective January 2, 2001: Katherine Batchelor (1.0 - MS/6th) and Shawna Green (.4 - TV/4th).
14. BUILDINGS & SITES
    1. Middle School Site Improvement Plan Update. (Harding) Information
    2. Agreements, Proposals, Change Orders, and Purchase Orders regarding renovation and modernization projects. (Harding)  Action

15. CONSENT AGENDA - Items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and are acted upon by the Board of Trustees in one motion. There is no discussion of these items prior to the Board vote unless a member of the Board, staff or public request specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. It is understood that the Administration recommends approval on all Consent Agenda items. Each item on the Consent Agenda approved by the Board of Trustees shall be deemed to have been considered in full and adopted as recommended.
    1. Warrants -These are the methods by which the School District pays its bills.
    2. Payroll certifications: November Supplemental, dated 12/05/00, for $71,734.90.
    3. Acceptance, with gratitude, gifts to MVSD: V4Scan/Read Software & E-Reader & Software, valued at $2380, from A. Blau; 2 computers/keyboards, monitor, CD-Rom & software, valued at $425, from K. Hattner.
    4. Authorization to increase IRS Standard Mileage rate for 2001 from 32.5¢ to 34.5¢ per mile, effective January 1, 2001.
    5. Res. #11-00/01: Authorization to sign on behalf of Board for Jeffrey L. Freiberg.
    6. Library of California Charter Member Application.
    7. Denial of claims: P. Tarigo for damage claim in amount of $424.95; M. Palmer for claim in amount of $10.00.
16. ADJOURNMENT

Barbara B. Young, Superintendent
Meeting Posted: December 6, 2000

IMPORTANT DATES
Winter Break - No School
December 18, 2000-January 1, 2001
  Board Meeting
Monday, January 8, 2001 - 7 PM
Mill Valley Middle School